RECEPTION FOR PARTICIPANTS OF THE REGIONAL CONFERENCE FOR PEOPLE WITH EXCEPTIONALLY SHORT STATURE – NOVI SAD 2015

Head of the Mayor’s Office Mr. Aleksandar Petrović received today the particiapnts of the regional conference for people with exceptionally short stature – Novi Sad 2015, organized in Kać by the Little People of Serbia Movement.

- It is my exceptional pleasure for the opportunity to receive the participants of the Conference. Despite their specificities, people of the exceptionally short stature can and must find their place in the society equally as any other people. This is the fisrt such conference in the Balkans and only an introduction for winning the bid for hosting the first European Games for the People of exceptionally short stature in Novi Sad. On behalf of the City of Novi Sad I wish all the participants a pleasant in our city, to feel at home, and to send out from Novi Sad a message of positive vibrations, which will significantly predetermine our city as the host of the European Games for the People of exceptionally short stature’ – said Mr. Petrović

President of the Movement Mr. Milan Grahovac extended his gratitude to the host for the cordial reception, adding that this year’s conference is the most important event for the people of exceptionally short stature. The Conference’s aim is to improve and strengthen the position and role of this often neglected group

- The Conference was attended by the participants from similar organizations from Slovenia, Montenegro, Bulgaria, while we also received support from the organization for the people with disabilities, from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, and Macedonia. The participants exchanged their experiences and pointed out problems they face with in their everyday lives, such as problems when finding jobs, as well as unsuitable architectural barriers’. – said Mr. Grahovac. 

In Novi Sad, July 25th 2015